Bed-rail lock.



J. WILSON.

BED RAIL LOCK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 28, 1911.

1,046,358, Patented Dec. 3, 1912.

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JOHN WILSON, 0F EVERETT, WASHINGTON.

BED-RAIL LOCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec.'3, 1912.

Application filed January 28, 1911. Serial No. 605,227.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, JOHN VVILSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Everett, in the county of Snohomish and State of Washington, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bed-Rail Locks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bed rail locks and more particularly to that type which are adapted for iron beds.

One of the principal objects of the inve ntion is to provide a lock which will be free of castings, which will be practically unbreakable and which, while reversible, will be extremely simple in operation.

A further object of the invention is to provide a bed rail lock having maximum shoulder surface and a locking hook which may be reversely connected to the anchor socket and which will hold the shoulder surface in rigid engagement with the anchor socket so as to secure perfect alinement of rail and end at all times.

Further objects of the invention will appear as the following specific description is read in connection with the accompanying drawings which form a part of this application and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the side rail connected to an anchor socket supported upon a bed post. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view. Fig. 4 is a detail vertical section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 8. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the end of the bed rail. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the blank bed rail before being bent. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of the anchor hook before being attached to the bed rail.

Referring more particularly to the drawings 1 represents a corner post which has secured to it the anchor socket 2. This anchor socket comprises a pair of similarly formed plates 8 and 4 bolted to the post by the bolts 5 and having the parallel portions 6 spaced apart by the rivet secured washers 7. The outer ends of the plates are provided with lateral flanges 8 which form a shoulder surface against which the end of the rail is adapted to abut. A hook receiving rivet of relatively heavy dimensions is passed across between the plates 3 and 4 and is indicated The bed rail is preferably formed of a strip of sheet metal which is bent upon the line 10 to form an L line 11 having the flanges a and b, the former of which will be hereinafter termed the horizontal flange while the latter will be termed the vertical flange. At the end of the strip the vertical flange is cut away, as shown at 12, so as to form a tongue 13 which is bent at right angles to the horizontal flange and is provided with an abutting or limiting shoulder 14 which engages beneath the horizontal flange when the end of said horizontal flange is bent downwardly at right angles to its normal plane. This downwardly bent end is indicated at 15 and constitutes a shoulder surface which abuts against the flanges 8' when the rail is locked in position, as will hereinafter be described. The end 15 is provided with a vertical slot 16 which is adapted to receive the anchor hook 17. This anchor hook comprises a strip of metal similar to the material of which the rail is made and is provided with an offset enlarge- -ment 18 to which is connected, through the neck 19, the T-head 20. This T-head is passed through the aperture 16 in the end 15 and the plate riveted by means of the rivets 21 and 22 to thevertical flange b and to the tongue 13. In this position the offset enlargement lies against the inner side of the end 15 and is held from turning in the slot by means of a projection 23 formed thereon. This projection is of equal length with the thickness of the material and therefore comes flush with the outer face of the end 15, completely stopping up said slot and thereby preventing an accumulation of dust. The inner edges of the T-head are inwardly inclined from their inner ends so as to form cam surfaces 24 which engage the rivet and draw the shoulder surface of the end 15 into engagement with the flanges 8.

It will be seen from the above that I have provided a simple, efficient and readily operated rail look by which the rail may be reversely connected to the end posts so as to support the ordinary iron bed mattress or to support slats and coil springs, and also that I have provided a device which will effectively hold the rail and end of the bed in perfect alinement.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is z A bed rail lock comprising in combination with a bed post, plates secured to opposite sides of the bed post and spaced apart, and hook receiving members bridged between said plates, an L-rail having one of its flanges bent at right angles to the normal member, and means conneoting't-he hook 10 body plane thereof, and slotted, the other member to the rail and to the brace.

flange being cut away" or notched, one Wall In testimony whereof I afiix my signature of the notch forming a 1shoulder and the in presence of two Witnesses.

extension of the flange eyond the notch v i T forming a brace for the bent end, a double JOHN WILSO1\' hook passed through said slot and adapted Witnesses:

to reversibly engage between the plates on STEPHEN O. LUMSLEN,

the post and to engage the hook receiving HARRY CHAPMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

